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Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki visited Kobylniki in the province. Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship where a new bridge over the Note River will soon be built. The government allocated PLN 2.3 billion for the implementation of the Bridges for Regions Program. New crossings will be built not only on the Vistula but also on the Odra Bug Note Warta and smaller rivers such as the Soa and Dunajec. These are often large investments the preparation of which takes several years.Co-financing from the state budget for the preparation of the necessary documentation is the first stage of the Program. Local governments that have prepared their investments with support from the state budget will be able to apply for funds for the construction of crossings from the Government Road Development Fund which is at the disposal of the Minister of Infrastructure.At the present stage of the Program implementation most of the tasks are in the process of preparing documentation. 3 tasks related to bridge crossings in Kobylniki Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Starachowice and Wchock witokrzyskie Voivodeship and in Porbka lskie Voivodeship have already received support from the Government Road Development Fund.New bridge in KobylnikiThe bridge in Kobylniki on the Note River is being built as part of the Bridges for Regions Program. The commune received funding for the preparation of documentation necessary to obtain a building permit for this investment. The cost of preparing the documentation was approximately PLN 131000 of which the commune received almost PLN 105000 from the state budget. The estimated cost of building the bridge with access roads is approximately PLN 16 million. Of which 80 percent or about PLN 13 million comes from the Government Road Development Fund.The crossing of the Note in this place was ensured by a temporary military structure. Due to its poor technical condition the bridge was closed and completely excluded from vehicular and pedestrian traffic and intended for demolition. In its place a completely new bridge with access roads is being built. The bridge was designed for the highest car load class A class.This beautiful place deserves to be a quiet secluded place so heavy freight transport should be stretched outside this city and hence we are also building the Kruszwica bypass of which this bridge is a part - said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.Bridges for Regions - investments with government fundingThe program is a response to the needs of communities and local governments which due to the high cost of preparing and building bridges were not able to finance this type of investment on their own. The main goal of the governments Bridges for Regions Program is to supplement the local road infrastructure with the missing bridge crossings stresses Waldemar Buda Deputy Minister of Funds and Regional Policy .In the Bridges for Regions Program crossings may be established along roads managed by local governments i.e. on communal poviat or voivodeship roads.The budget of the program is approximately PLN 2.3 billion. In the call for funding the stage of preparing documentation for the construction of crossings local governments submitted 75 applications.Local governments could apply for a subsidy for the preparation of documentation necessary for the construction of the bridge with access roads. Thanks to this subsidy they can also apply for co-financing of up to 80 of the bridge construction costs from the Government Road Development Fund.